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So this was a difficult choice again, I went through each entry and realized I should have made more categories within the categories (next round of contests I will fix that!!!) All of the submissions were wonderful. I had to keep opening and moving them around and eventually I settled on the ones that really caught my attention.

So please give a round of congratulations to our winners!

In first place is with :thumb115121595:

I really enjoyed the texture of this. The darkness contrasting with the red and the black. It was really really well done! I really enjoyed it. Plus the added effects of the blood and the knife really spoke to me. Very creepy, cool and interesting!

Featured works:

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In second place: with

I really liked the grainy way that this piece had to it. The look in the eye and the way it drew me in. It reminded me of the Mad Hatter down to a T only a female version which was really cool. I really liked the colors and the style. Very well done.

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In third place: :thumb114856648:

As soon as I saw this I was stunned, the look of it was very unique and very cool (I keep looking to see if there will be more on this because I want to know what else happens). I was very happy with this one because it combined a lot of elements. I liked the darkness in it as well as the story it was telling.

Featured works:

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First runner up is with :thumb114726173:

This piece she actually sent to me and I have it in my possession, this picture really didn't do it justice. I really love it! It was really tough deciding between the top 3... In the end I just started voting things back and forth till I came up with the winners.

I love the colors on here, the gold is absolutely wonderful and the whimsical and magical look that she creates is very unique and wonderful.

Second runner up is: with

This piece was another immediate love of mine. Very well done and well rendered. It made deciding so very difficult! I enjoyed the color and the textures of this piece as well as the implied simplicity! Really well done!

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Congrats to all the winners! You were wonderful and I am so very glad you entered the contest. Thank you to all those who entered (please keep an eye out for more contests from me!)

Thank you all and Congrats to everyone who entered! Without you it wouldn't have been much of a contest, you made it very difficult to choose the winners and I am so very grateful to you!

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Please check out this thumb and follow the link.. A wonderful member here on dA is having a family crisis. His son has AML www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pd…

His son has no insurance and doesn't qualify for studies. He's in desperate need of help and can only do so much. came up with a wonderful way that we can help save this young man's life. Please if you can chip in even a small amount it can help save a life here's the letshelpsean.chipin.com/colt51…

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Such a wonderful dedication was given to me today by I really appreciate it!  :thumb122164863:


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Promised feature for those who won the SDC:

1st place went to by

2nd place went to by

3rd place went to :thumb115823791: by

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I've almost caught up on all my promises! I still have a sub to get to the first place winner of this contest and the subs for my contest!

I hope everyone has enjoyed these! I'll be adding more to the features section. So please bear with me!

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For the rest of this month I'm going to post various works from artists that have caught my attention since I was rather remiss..

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Mature Content

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For fellow stockers, I thought I'd let you know about a wonderful new community, they don't mind if us photo-manipulations artists watch them but the only members are stock members.

Anyways, I highly recommend them they're really cool!
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Also for those of you who like to create winged creatures I highly recommend checking out . It's a really cool club.

If you like Fairies, then this is the club for you!


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SilaZ is trying to start a secret Bunny for Easter and I think it's a cute idea so I agreed to join up. If you're interested please check out her Journal for details silaz.deviantart.com/journal/2…
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I joined a new Club It's relatively new and for those of us who like Vampires.

I joined another new club for those of us who loved Winged creatures!
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I plan to go through and finish making dedications to each of my watchers. I'll be updating my Watcher Dedications window regularly.

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Ok, I've just finished populating my stock account [link] to a point that I'm comfortable announcing my evil plans .. Ok so maybe they're not evil.

But first, I'm going to be getting rid of all the stock I created on this account since I've moved it all to my stock-account. (Minus a few pictures that I absolutely adore). Please forgive me?

I'm hosting four contests. To enter please note me on with your entry.

Contests:


For all contests 2 is the limit of entries you can submit.

** The first contest will be for photomanipulations only. The only rules are that you must use at least 3 pieces of my stock (I'm evil ) The reason for that? I wanted to make it complicated.

Contest entries: ferelwing.deviantart.com/favou…

** The second contest is for poetry. The theme is love me/hate me. You can write a poem about love, or hate or both.

Contest entries: ferelwing.deviantart.com/favou…

The third contest is for drawings/traditional/digital drawn art.
For this one you must use one of my stock models as a reference in there somewhere. I don't care if you chibi them etc as long as they're there.

Contest entries: ferelwing.deviantart.com/favou…


** The fourth contest will be a Photography contest. For this contest I want pictures that represent peaceful or meditative states places etc. Please in the note explain to me why you believe it to be peaceful (I really want your take on these).

Contest entries: ferelwing.deviantart.com/favou…

Now onto the prizes.


Prizes:

** 1st place for all four contests will include me buying 2 years of subscription. A feature by me and a dedication piece. For first place only you can request a poem, a photo-manipulation or a photograph dedicated to you. A request from , a feature from , a feature from , and a feature from


** 2nd place for all four contests will include a 1 year subscription. A feature by me and a dedication piece. A fractal from , a feature from , a feature from , and a feature from


** 3rd place for all four contests will be a 3 month subscription. A feature by me and a dedication piece, a feature from , a feature from and a feature from .

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Deadlines:

The first contests (Photomanipulations) deadline will be May 3rd. My mother's birthday and I think it's fitting that I do something fun like this.

The second contests deadline is a bit sooner, March 15th the Ides of March. I thought that would be fitting. (Poetry) CLOSED)

The third contest's deadline April 13th because I've always wanted to host a contest on that date. (Yes, I am strange).

** (Third contest is closed)**

The fourth contest's deadline will be May 13th. Because I like the number 13..

So happy creating! I can't wait to see what you come up with!